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Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Come join us at Gambit happy hour
Posted by Kevin Allman on Tue, May 15, 2012 at 2:23 PM
It's a promotion for our free dating service, "How About We ... ", so singles are particularly encouraged to come by and meet some new people — but it's open to anyone. Come on by, and RSVP on the event's Facebook page if you're so inclined.
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Introducing the new Gambit mobile site
Posted by Kevin Allman on Thu, May 10, 2012 at 9:00 AM
Rather than attempting to replicate the experience of reading a newspaper, but doing it on a tiny screen, we've completely rethought what our readers want out of mobile technology. If you like using Yelp! or IMDB on your phone, or if you're out in New Orleans and suddenly need a movie listing, a bar recommendation, the phone number for a restaurant, or just something to do right that minute, we think you'll like Gambit Mobile.
Here are some of the highlights:
Monday, March 26, 2012
Big Easy Theater Award winners announced
Posted by Kevin Allman on Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 9:55 PM
2011 BIG EASY THEATRE AWARD WINNERS
2011 ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
Dane Rhodes
2012 LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Carol Sutton
2012 BUSINESS RECOGNITION AWARD
The National World War II Museum’s Stage Door Canteen
BEST MUSICAL 2011
Chicago
Rivertown Repertory Theatre
BEST DRAMA 2011
The Weir
Rising Shiners
BEST COMEDY 2011
The Norman Conquests
Southern Rep
Under the cut: the remainder of the winners ...
Friday, March 2, 2012
Farewell, Matt Davis
Posted by Kevin Allman on Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 5:00 PM
His memorable pieces for Gambit included chronicling the state of New Orleans Recreation Department facilities, interviewing Spike Lee and profiling the proprietors of a Gulf Coast tattoo shop affected by the BP oil disaster. At The Lens, he's been dogged in his reporting on Orleans Parish Prison, particularly Sheriff Marlin Gusman ... and somewhere in there, he found time to co-write a guidebook to New Orleans.
Not bad for less than two years in town. Good luck back in London, Matt.
Monday, January 23, 2012
Gambit's Food Revue 2012
Posted by Kevin Allman on Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 5:06 PM
So last year we had this idea to have a food festival with every restaurant, food truck, deli counter, whatever that had been reviewed in Gambit over the previous year — sort of a mashup of everything we liked. We called it the Gambit Food Revue — and the results exceeded our expectations (and yours, apparently — it was a huge hit).
The 2nd annual Gambit Food Revue will be March 7 at the Pavilion of the Two Sisters in New Orleans City Park. Like last year, we'll have a ton of food, beer, wine and other drinks, as well as music. We have 25 vendors lined up and we're aiming for 40+ that night.
Also: this year we're partnering with Second Harvest Food Bank of Greater New Orleans and Acadiana. Attendees will be asked to bring a canned item (or several), and at the end of the night any leftovers will go home with the Second Harvest people.
Tickets are only $45 for all you care to eat ($65 for early admission), and it's a great chance to try dozens of restaurants for what adds up to the price of a single meal at many New Orleans eating establishments. Last year sold out quickly, so get your tickets now. And if you're undecided, take a look at last year's event:
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
On pit bulls and writing about your best friends
Posted by Alex Woodward on Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 2:40 PM
- Cheryl Gerber
- Bowser and Banks at Animal Rescue New Orleans
In college, I figured I could manage two and a half jobs. My senior year, on top of classes and keeping deliriously long hours at the school paper and freelancing, I quit a restaurant job and answered a Craigslist ad for a graveyard shift at a soon-to-open clinic for special needs dogs. I was hired, and from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m., I'd walk, feed, pet and try not to doze off for too long with dogs big and small, in wheelchairs or incontinent, epileptic or with severe anxiety or worse. Not too sure how I looked or performed in classes the rest of that year, but I remember graduating (then going to work).
The first dog I met there was a white, one-year-old pit bull named Party, who was found over Mardi Gras, abandoned and covered in spray paint. He greeted me when I arrived for the interview, and he never left my side after I arrived for work. The clinic fostered him. He later was adopted, and I was a little heartbroken. There were many, many other pit bulls, and I was lucky to be friends with all of them.
I mention pit bulls because I wrote this week's cover story on them.
Friday, January 6, 2012
King cake-flavored vodka: The Grand Tasting
Posted by Kevin Allman on Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 5:44 PM
So we got our hands on a bottle of that Lucky Player king cake-flavored vodka today, and after lunch everyone gathered in the kitchen for a grand tasting with tiny little purple, green and gold shot glasses ...
We all swirled the vodka in our glasses and took a deep, appraising sniff, as if we knew what the hell we were doing. Adjectives that were used to describe the aroma:
•Â sweet
• sweet
• sweet
• icing
•Â wedding cake
• wedding cake
• king cake
• Frangelico
• amaretto
• almonds
• straight almond extract
• really sweet
But how did it taste? Under the jump ...
Comment o'the day: New Orleans teen curfew
Posted by Kevin Allman on Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 12:21 AM
Attention commenters: This is how you leave a comment. Regarding our poll question — "Do you support the plan to change the curfew for minors in the French Quarter to 8 p.m. on weeknights?" — reader Annti unleashes this righteous rant:
What about curfews for 50-60-year-old geezers wearing brand-new baggy pants, one leg rolled-up, sideways caps (and of every color of the rainbow, I might add!), trying to pass themselves off as "thirty-ish" to girls who may not even be old enough to drink, but their skanty clothing gets them into every other bar in the Quarter? OOOH!!! Even better!!! A ***PERMANENT*** CURFEW on the statutory-rapist types on Decatur, pushing SIXTY, looking like death on a cracker, and telling 16-year-old goth girls that they're "Wandering" FOUR-HUNDRED-YEAR-OLD VAMPIRES who only keep those cop-repellant dogs with them (cops HATE waiting for the SPCA to show up & pick-up gutter-punk dogs) because they are their "familiars" (mixed mythology, anyone?) and that the inch-thick pancake makeup is to protect their "vampire" skin (and cavern-deep wrinkles) from "too much incandescent & neon light." Can we get THOSE mofos off the streets, PERMANENTLY??!?! They pose a greater hazard to the health & welfare of youngsters in this city than a stupid-assed CURFEW could fix.If you don't know where your kids are or what they're doing after dark, IT'S ***YOUR*** FAULT. ...
There's more. Quite a lot more. Go under the jump, and if you're inspired by Annti, submit your own comment here.
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Ken Korman joins Gambit as contributing writer
Posted by Kevin Allman on Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 2:49 PM
Korman’s work has appeared in a wide variety of national and regional publications, including Rolling Stone, The Austin Chronicle, Sound & Vision and Time Out New York. He has published more than 4,000 movie reviews over the course of his career, and he has interviewed filmmakers and actors from Robert Altman and Terry Gilliam to Meryl Streep and Harrison Ford. (He’s also a guitarist with the local band The Lushingtons.)
Korman’s reviews will appear in the weekly edition of Gambit, and he’ll be a frequent contributor here on the Blog of New Orleans. We’re glad to have him aboard.
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Gambit's 40 Under 40 Awards Reception
(Photo Slideshow)
Posted Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 10:06 AM
photos by Megan Micale
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